Original comments...

Levi: Jim--

I figured you probably wouldn't be all that into the charts and graphs part of the book (Although check out the one that shows the Cardinals leading the pack in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed!), but I thought you'd enjoy:

1) The piece on looking back at 2004 from 2054

2) The piece where the guy speculates how baseball would be different if Eric Young had only gotten four more hits in 1991.

3) The fact that these guys put together a web site, were successful with it, and decided to turn it into a self-published book.

thatbob: I personally think it's appropriate to illustrate "B" with The Babe, since it's not his real first name. But it might be inappropraite to illustrate "B" with Babes Adams, Twombly, Borton, Danzig, or Dotel, because they're not really important enough.

Monday, December 20, 2004

Another baseball-related jingle

The season may be over, but my radio station jingle collecting continues. Here's one I just acquired, circa the early 1960s, back when cheering baseball fans sounded a lot like ocean waves or static or something like that.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

The best episode of "Clubhouse" ever

Hanger-on Sandy passed along this story. It seems that Kris Benson's wife Anna has already thought through what she's going to do if he cheats on her. I can't speak for the married half of baseballrelated.com, but as far as the single half is concerned, this is the first time being a Mets batboy has ever seemed like a good idea.

Original comments...

Dan: I should have passed this story along earlier.. The Stern interview was about two weeks ago. She's insane, and now with Pedro on board, his little friend is fair game. Among other people, I believe, who shall remain nameless.

I've already wanted to float the Mets clubhouse reality show -- between her, Pedro and accompanying midget, Mike Piazza and his debated sexuality... I WANT Sammy here, not even to play but to add to the comedy.

Levi: Hmm. The timing on this story does make me wonder about Pedro's motives for becoming a Met.

Monday, December 06, 2004

And they named the baby Damon

I guess I should make mention of the fact that the Boston Red Sox are the Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year, which I guess makes sense, since as of now, the Sox winning is the feel-good sports story of the year. The story in Sports Illustrated is about Red Sox fans, which means it's heartwarming and tearjerking, not to mention heartjerking and tearwarming.

The problem is with the timing, since this issue came out at the beginning of December (I guess it was tied to a TV special where they revealed the choice). What happens if, for example, Brett Favre thwarts an invasion of Earth sometime between now and the end of the year? Well, maybe now that the Sox won the World Series, it won't matter so much if we're enslaved by aliens.